Wilderness.org - pollinghttp://wilderness.org/taxonomy/term/2232
enSurvey: in shutdown's wake, Americans want stronger protection for parks and public landshttp://wilderness.org/blog/survey-shutdowns-wake-americans-want-stronger-protection-parks-and-public-lands
<div class="field-group-format group_meta field-group-div group-meta speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Nov 18, 2013</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/bios/staff/max-greenberg">Max Greenberg</a></div></div></div></div><div class="field-group-format group_image field-group-div group-image speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_full/public/YosemiteShutdown.California.daveynin.flickr.jpg?itok=MLgcF7h9" width="500" height="334" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-video field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-media-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Yosemite National Park, closed during the government shutdown.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p><em>Photo: National Parks Conservation Association Photos, flickr.</em></p>
</div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A new survey finds that the government shutdown reminded Americans of the importance of national parks and public lands. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Americans noticed the <a href="/node/107619">harmful effects of the recent government shutdown on their national parks and public lands</a>&mdash;and <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2013/11/18/79501/release-new-research-finds-voters-dont-believe-either-party-is-doing-enough-to-protect-national-parks-public-lands/" target="_blank">most of them want stronger protection</a> for those resources, not more budget cuts, according to new public opinion research conducted on behalf the Center for American Progress.</p>
<p>In the poll, which surveyed people who voted in the 2012 presidential election, an overwhelming majority of respondents (89%) said that the closing of national parks and other public lands during the shutdown was problematic. More than half said it was a &ldquo;very&rdquo; or &ldquo;pretty big&rdquo; problem. In a similar vein, most said that <a href="/node/107445">automatic, indiscriminate budget cuts triggered by the so-called &quot;sequester&quot; were too deep</a>, and rejected the idea of further cutting spending on parks and public lands.&nbsp;</p>
<h2><a href="/node/107624">See photos of national parks and public lands that need funding</a>.</h2>
<p>Some key numbers from the survey:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>82%</strong> felt that the closing of national parks during the shutdown was a good reminder of their importance and why they need to remain open.</li>
<li><strong>76%</strong> agreed that the shutdown took a serious economic toll in areas near affected national parks and other public lands.</li>
<li><strong>74%</strong> said Congress should not further cut federal spending on national parks and public lands as it seeks to reduce the deficit.</li>
<li><strong>70%</strong> said that Congress should find a way to prevent additional automatic spending cuts for national parks and other public lands from going into effect.</li>
<li><strong>65%</strong> believe that Congress should be establishing new parks and improving outdoor opportunities for Americans&mdash;not closing parks and slashing budgets.</li>
<li><strong>57%</strong> believe that parks and public lands were forced to close during the shutdown because of Congress&rsquo; inability to come to a budget agreement, versus 31%&nbsp; who felt that parks were closed as a ploy to make the shutdown more painful.</li>
<li><strong>55%</strong> felt that <a href="/node/107445">the &quot;sequester&quot; cut too deeply into national park funding</a>. A majority of voters in all regions polled felt this way.</li>
<li><strong>53%</strong> felt Republicans in Congress are not doing enough to protect national parks and public lands for future generations (19% felt that Republicans are doing enough).</li>
<li><strong>42%</strong> said that Democrats in Congress are not doing enough to protect national parks and public lands, either&nbsp;(28% said that they are).</li>
</ul>
<p>In the long shadow of the shutdown, Americans are rediscovering the intrinsic value of the <a href="/node/1965">natural spaces they all own</a>.&nbsp;However, they have also come to the realization that politicians in Washington are not doing enough to safeguard those special places, which are still chronically underfunded. Fortunately, you can do something about it.</p>
<h2><a href="https://secure.wilderness.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=2605" target="_blank">Tell Congress that our wild lands are important.</a></h2>
</div></div></div><div class="field-group-format group_related field-group-div group-related speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Content</span></h2><div class="field field-name-field-related-content field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col article article-landing-page article-promoted odd article-related-content view-mode-related_content clearfix ">
<div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/hot-issues"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/related_content/public/slide_images/glynlowe-flikr-us.capital.jpg?itok=M9F6S15f" width="220" height="115" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-item-teaser field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Know issues that affect your wilderness</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Wilderness can’t protect itself. That’s why it’s important to know the issues — from managing roads and building trails in national forests to steering energy projects away from sensitive places. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/hot-issues">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="ds-1col article article-type-article even article-related-content view-mode-related_content clearfix ">
<div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article/shutdown-faqs-answers-your-questions-about-impacts-visitors-and-wildlands"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/related_content/public/GrandCanyonMatherPoint.flickr.MattCarman.jpg?itok=B53stiIg" width="220" height="115" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-item-teaser field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Get answers about the shutdown&#039;s impacts on wildlands and visitors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Puzzled by what the shutdown means for our public lands? Find answers here.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article/shutdown-faqs-answers-your-questions-about-impacts-visitors-and-wildlands">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col article article-landing-page article-promoted odd article-related-content view-mode-related_content clearfix ">
<div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/why"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/related_content/public/whywildernessgraphicheader.png?itok=T1xt1239" width="220" height="115" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-item-teaser field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Find out how wilderness is valuable to us all</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">As we become a more urbanized society with growing needs for space and energy, we often turn to wilderness as a resource. Yet, wilderness is not just a resource to be developed. It has many human, natural and economic benefits that we need to protect.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/why">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:42:56 +0000Max Greenberg107674 at http://wilderness.orghttp://wilderness.org/blog/survey-shutdowns-wake-americans-want-stronger-protection-parks-and-public-lands#commentsThe American public still wants action on energy and climatehttp://wilderness.org/resource/american-public-still-wants-action-energy-and-climate
<div class="field-group-format group_meta field-group-div group-meta speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-03-12T00:00:00-05:00">Friday, March 12, 2010</span></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Following on the heels of December's failure to achieve a binding international agreement on climate and January's surprise election of a Republican Senator in Massachusetts running against the administration's healthcare reform plan, it is time to look again at the public strength of support for pending energy and climate legislation. Public polling suggests that the public's support for action is deep and resilient in favor of capping global warming pollution, increasing energy independence, and relying more on clean renewable sources of energy.</p>
<p>Read more about the public opinion polling data by clicking on the link below.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-media field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><table class="sticky-enabled">
<thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/legacy/climate-energy-Public-Polls-Brief.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=472916">climate-energy-Public-Polls-Brief.pdf</a></span></td><td>461.83 KB</td> </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div></div></div>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:01 +0000103002 at http://wilderness.orghttp://wilderness.org/resource/american-public-still-wants-action-energy-and-climate#commentsThe Public Says It’s Time to Act On Energy & Climate!http://wilderness.org/resource/public-says-it%E2%80%99s-time-act-energy-climate
<div class="field-group-format group_meta field-group-div group-meta speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-11-02T00:00:00-05:00">Monday, November 2, 2009</span></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>The public wants action on strong clean energy and climate legislation. This fact sheet uses polling information to outline what the American people believe about global warming and what changes they expect in order to help mitigate damage.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-media field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><table class="sticky-enabled">
<thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/legacy/Public-Polls-Brief.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=79865">Public-Polls-Brief.pdf</a></span></td><td>77.99 KB</td> </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div></div></div>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:34:33 +0000102137 at http://wilderness.orghttp://wilderness.org/resource/public-says-it%E2%80%99s-time-act-energy-climate#commentsRecent polls show broad, enduring support for climate actionhttp://wilderness.org/blog/recent-polls-show-broad-enduring-support-climate-action
<div class="field-group-format group_meta field-group-div group-meta speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Mar 12, 2010</div></div></div></div><div class="field-group-format group_image field-group-div group-image speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_full/public/legacy/profiler/moulton_2.jpg?itok=UqrtLbGe" alt="" title="David Moulton." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-video field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-media-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>David Moulton.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-credit field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Copenhagen failed to get a legally binding international agreement on climate action. The voters of Massachusetts elected a Republican running against healthcare reform. Now is an appropriate time to test the public&rsquo;s staying power when it comes to ameliorating the worst effects of climate change.</p>
<p>The Wilderness Society&rsquo;s <a href="american-public-still-wants-action-energy-and-climate"><strong>review of recent public opinion polling</strong></a> on climate and energy issues suggests that contrary to the naysayers, the public&rsquo;s <strong>support for action is deep and resilient</strong> in favor of capping global warming pollution, increasing energy independence, and relying more on clean renewable sources of energy.</p>
<p>Despite American voter anger over government handling of issues like healthcare reform, climate action still enjoys widespread support. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/img/pdfs/100204_Masspoll.pdf">A poll of Massachusetts voters taken immediately after Republican Scott Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate</a> to replace the late Democrat Edward Kennedy found that:</p>
<ul>
<li>79% of Democrats, 56% of Independents and 42% of Republicans still support the Senate climate bill after the election surprise</li>
<li>56% of Massachusetts voters would be more likely to re-elect their Senator if he votes in favor of a bill that caps global warming emissions</li>
</ul>
<p>The poll also found that Massachusetts constituents feel that <strong>making America more energy independent is the number one priority</strong> (73% say very important, 95% say important) and they place <strong>investing in clean American energy sources as the number three priority</strong>, ahead of issues like &ldquo;reforming health care&rdquo; and &ldquo;cutting taxes.&rdquo;</p>
<p>These findings after the Massachusetts election are consistent with other recent polls of national public sentiment. A <a target="_blank" href="http://www.climatechangecommunication.org/images/files/PolicySupportJan2010%281%29.pdf">January 2010 poll by Yale and George Mason University</a> found that <strong>89 percent</strong> <strong>of registered voters </strong>support funding more research into renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, and 61 percent think that developing sources of clean energy should be a high (37%) or very high (24%) priority for the president and Congress. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bsgco.com/releases/CEWpublicreleasememoFIN2.pdf">Benenson</a> found that respondents supported a cap-and-trade system by 58 percent, including 37 percent support among Republicans (see graphic below). Both Yale/George Mason and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_121509.html?sid=ST2009121800006">The Washington Post</a> found very similar results regarding support of cap and trade in the same time frame &mdash; 58 percent.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bsgco.com/releases/CEWpublicreleasememoFIN2.pdf"><img height="69" alt="Support and oppose percentages for energy bill that contains cap<br />
and trade." width="350" src="/sites/default/files/legacy/userfiles/cap-and-trade-support-graphic.jpg" /></a></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:12:46 +0000103001 at http://wilderness.orghttp://wilderness.org/blog/recent-polls-show-broad-enduring-support-climate-action#comments